title: Is it necessary to remove foleys catheter late after transurethral prostatectomy in patients who presented with acute urinary retention secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the influence of early versus late removal of catheter after Transurethral Prostatectomy (TURP) in patients who presented with Acute Urinary Retention (AUR), at our centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records were reviewed of patients presenting to the Emergency Room (ER) or out patient department (OPD) with AUR, after TURP done between April 2004 to June 2008, at The Kidney Centre PGTI, Karachi. Total 60 patients were enrolled. Age, size of prostate, days catheterized before TURP, the post operative day of catheter removal and results after catheter removal were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty two (86.7%) patients had successful voiding while 8 (13.3%) patients, 4 from each group, went into retention again. There was no significant difference in the results of patients who had catheters for either shorter or longer periods prior to surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no difference in early versus late removal of catheter after TURP in patients who present with AUR.
authors.affiliation: The Kidney Centre Postgraduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sonmukh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das Bhagia
authors.forename: Syed Mamun
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Khalid
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057785:Catheters; D020878:Device Removal; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*